July of the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor.
The national mourning order written by Li Si spread like the wind throughout Xianyang Palace at an extremely fast speed from Chenshi, and then spread to Xianyang City, Neishi County, and even the forty-six counties of Jiuzhou in the Qin Dynasty.
After placing the coffin of Ying Zheng, I ascended the throne in front of the coffin in front of hundreds of officials in Xianyang City. I am the second emperor of Qin: Ying Fusu!
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August of the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor.
Taishi and his ministers agreed on the day when Ying Zheng would be buried and when the new emperor would be chosen to ascend the throne, all officials would keep vigil for 27 days.
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September of the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor.
The new emperor held a coronation ceremony, offered sacrifices to the Tiandi Ancestral Temple, and received congratulations from hundreds of officials. I, Ying Fusu, officially become the second emperor of Qin!
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The first day of October in the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor's reign.
The Great Dynasty was changed to the first year of Yuan Qin II.
Umrah will begin.
Lan'er helped me tidy up my clothes and looked at myself in the bronze mirror. I looked a little dazed. These three months can be said to have been the ups and downs of Fusu's life. As a member of the 996 community, I have also experienced these vicissitudes of life.
I thought to myself: "Fusu, Fusu, I have avoided the fate of suicide. I wonder where you and I will go!" '
After getting up and walking towards Xianyang Palace, Lan'er watched me and Xingzhong and Zhongshu Ye's Ling Qiwan walk out of Sihai Palace.
Arriving at the Xianyang Palace, looking at the Gong Gong princes in the palace, the unreal feeling hit me again, until Li Si, Feng Quji, and Feng Jie led all the officials to salute in unison, shouting: "Ten thousand years for the emperor, and ten thousand years for the Qin Dynasty!" I just came to my senses.
After sitting down, I slowly said: "Without courtesy, sit down."
Everyone said in unison: "Thank you, Emperor."
I looked at everyone and said, "Today is my first court meeting since I came to the throne, and it coincides with the annual court meeting. I have many things to discuss with you."
"First, to show respect for the late emperor, from now on, everyone who calls me 'emperor' will refer to the late emperor, and I will use the word 'your majesty'. What do you think?"
Everyone said in unison: "Your Majesty is benevolent and filial!"
"Secondly, the burial time of the late emperor has not been decided yet. What do you think?"
Everyone looked at each other. Seeing that no one spoke, Li Si took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, I think that the construction of Lishan Mausoleum has not been completed yet. We can set the emperor's burial time in the coming year and make a decision based on the progress of the construction of Lishan Mausoleum."
I pondered for a moment: "What Mr. Li said makes some sense. What are other people's opinions?"
Li Si was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that I didn't agree with what he said, he murmured in his heart.
What Li Si said is reasonable. Historically, after the death of Ying Zheng, Hu Hai continued to build the Lishan Mausoleum after he came to the throne. It was still under construction until the uprising broke out in the late Qin Dynasty.
After that, some people made suggestions, but they were all the same, so I nodded and said nothing.
Seeing my attitude, the others did not dare to speak rashly for a while. Feng Quji still looked like an old god and did not speak.
Seeing everyone's performance, I said, "This matter is serious and can be discussed later."
"When I had contact with various people in the past, I found several talented people and wanted to bring these people into the court. One of them is Zhang Han, the commander of the Zuo School, who has some military talents. I hope that he will serve in General Meng Tian's army. After experience, the official position will be arranged by General Meng Tian according to the situation."
After Ying Zheng's death, Meng Tian rushed back to Xianyang. The border army was temporarily in charge of Wang Li. After hearing what I said, Meng Tian stood up and said, "I obey your Majesty's order."
"Commander Zuo and the generals who were previously in charge of me are the young masters. Li Si, please select the suitable person and report it to me."
Li Si naturally said yes.
"The two of them are Shusun Tong, who is waiting for a doctor. I intend to let him enter the doctor's palace and hold the post of doctor."
As soon as these words came out, everyone had different expressions. Although they had expected that I would re-employ Confucianism after I came to the throne, I didn't expect that it would come so soon.
Li Si wanted to stand up and object, but he knew that I had just ascended the throne and it was not a good time to oppose me now.
But some people can't stand it.
He Sui, one of the nine ministers, took the lead in standing up and bowing: "Your Majesty, when the emperor was still alive, he had two discussions with Confucian people. However, the Confucian people not only could not understand the emperor's good intentions, but also treated him badly. Our country in the Qin Dynasty did not fully understand the national conditions and people's sentiments, and the proposed policies were contrary to our country's historical criminal laws. Not only that, the Confucians also slandered the emperor many times, and the emperor had no choice but to expel all the Confucian people from the court. Now the late emperor has just After your death, Your Majesty will bring Confucian people into the court, because I am afraid that people in the world will have some slight words for Your Majesty."
I looked at He Sui. This person is also a Legalist, but his relationship with Li Si is not very good. Legalism is also extremely complicated and divided into many schools. For example, Li Si, although he belongs to the Legalist school, he learned from Xunzi in his early years.
What He Sui said is indeed the truth. I will overturn Ying Zheng's decision as soon as he dies. Coupled with my Confucian attributes, it may cause some discussion. But he may not have selfish motives in it. In any case, letting Confucian people into the court is not a good thing for them.
But I must let Shusun Tong enter the court, not only for the Confucian education of the people, but also for a big event now, and he will help.
I slowly said: "I did not go against the wishes of the late emperor, I just think that this person does have some talents. Moreover, he has no objections to our national policy of Great Qin, otherwise the late emperor would not let him wait for Dr. Zhao." My identity remains in Xianyang. I intend to promote Shusun Tong to doctor first, wait and see the effect, and then make a decision. What do you think, Qing He?"
Speaking of this, I have saved enough face for him. At the beginning of taking the throne, it is not appropriate to conflict with these old ministers.
He Sui opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Li Si stood up and said: "Your Majesty has thought carefully about it, and I think there is no problem."
Then he gave He Sui a look, and He Sui cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
He Sui and Li Si did not persist, but I vaguely felt that a battle between Confucianism and Legalism might be coming.
Li Si once used fierce words and strict logic in the debate with Chun Yuyue, and encouraged Ying Zheng to ban private learning and dismiss Confucian scholars. This shows that he and Confucianism are really incompatible. Whether Shu Sun Tong's matter was to cater to me or to premeditate other things, at least he didn't contradict me openly. I didn't think too much about it for the time being. Letting Confucians enter the court is not something that happens overnight. It should be done in a short time. There will be no conflict.
Then I made arrangements for some people in the prince's palace. Meng He was originally my bodyguard, so he was appointed as Zhonglang and followed Xingzhong; Gong Luzi, as the prince's minister, was also appointed as a doctor, although he was also a Confucian. However, as the chief steward of the Prince's Mansion, he usually had more contact with the court, so no one objected. The others were handed over to Feng Jie for inspection and then assigned official positions.
Li Si arranged for Queen Liang and Ying Zheng's other concubines to be arranged one by one, and reported to me. Some people were involved in the burial, but the number was not large. In addition, I could not object to Ying Zheng's funeral, otherwise some people would definitely talk about loyalty and filial piety, so I did not express any objection.
The first imperial meeting ended without any danger, and finally there was no major conflict with these ministers.
After returning to the Sihai Palace, I carefully considered the matter of large-scale projects and corvee labor. Most of the reasons for the demise of the Qin Dynasty were attributed to strict laws and heavy corvee labor. This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise we will wait until uprisings break out in various places. It is not easy to solve it. I wonder if tomorrow's court meeting will be peaceful.
